bludge

chiefly Australian & New Zealand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bludge
Verb
  • Schwarzenegger made a pilgrimage to Washington to cadge more money from the government, but came home empty-handed.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
  • Ansa works in a Helsinki supermarket, collecting expired food and cadging the odd casserole for her dinner.
    Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
Verb
  • Parasites was the name given to those who arrived late to the party and mooched off the remains.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • Rachel Morin's 'bum' killer mooched off locals before murdering mom of five, lawyer says.
    FOXNews.com, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Comments begged Kennedy to explain what caused her relationship to end.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • That begs the question of whether the Rockets need to upgrade at point guard, given their championship expectations.
    Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Please pray for the pilots, crew and everyone affected.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • McEntire, who's praying for Parton's speedy recovery, hasn't spoken to her fellow country music legend since putting up the video.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • With a soft hand brush or sponge, loosen dirt in a circular motion, moving across the wall from one side to the other, then moving down one line of tile and across.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Also in the top with Tom is Toby, who makes a white-chocolate (gross) shell made to look like an orange with a chocolate-and-orange mousse with an Earl Grey sponge inside.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Retro cakes by Venla’s Cakes are referential to the nostalgic time Rose’s aims to conjure.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • So far this year, horror films conjured up 17% of all North American ticket sales, surpassing a billion dollars at the box office.
    Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • City council candidate Adrian Austin had his own megaphone and implored those in the parking lot for their vote.
    Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • With the issue resolved, Casparis implored those who hadn’t voted yet in the special election to do so.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • That didn’t mollify Pleasant View neighbors, like Nancy Pate, who attended that August meeting and beseeched the commissioners not to sign off on housing at the Glo Park site.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
  • One of its products, a stablecoin, owes its value to Binance, whose co-founder Changpeng Zhao is beseeching Trump to pardon him after a money laundering conviction.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Bludge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludge. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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